Word: railroad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Indeed the point is so excellent that we submit it as a suggestion to the Railroad Administration and to the railways in general. We have accepted the high fares without grumbling. Everything else has gone up and so why not travelling? But poor service, now that war congestion is being cleared up and labor is abundant, should not be excused. If the kitchens can be made to do it why should not the roads be asked to furnish service "worth the price...
...meet the problem of insufficient endowment. Both are usually defeated. The result is such a scale of salaries that Normal School graduates find it more profitable to serve, let us say as hotel waiters, and full-fledged college professors have to content themselves with stipends that the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers would treat with scorn...
Panama was "taken" for the sake of the world's commerce, if incidentally for the specific military and commercial advantage of the taker. Much criticism was heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt for his procedure, but he had to decide whether we would take possession of the ends of the railroad on the Isthmus and keep the traffic clear, or whether we would stand back and let those Southern gentlemen cut each others' throats for an indefinite time and destroy whatever, remnant of our property and our interests we had there. Roosevelt had to do exactly as he did, or the only...
News has been received of the recent promotion to the rank of major of Captain Ralph Bradley '09, of the 14th railroad engineers. Major Bradley went to the Mexican border as a private in Battery A. Massachusetts field artillery. Following the declaration of war he was commissioned second lieutenant in the 102nd field artillery, but as he was formerly a railroad man, he was soon transferred to the 14th railroad engineers and made adjutant of that unit...
Many economists are beginning to accept as inevitable the permanent operation of our railroads by the government. The inextricable tangle into which the railroads were plunged even before this country had entered the war seems in itself almost sufficient proof that government ownership should be adopted to avoid the repetition of such a disaster. In a country where the geographical division of labor and industry has been carried to such an extent as in America, the welfare of the people demands efficient and unified service on the part of the railroads at all times; conflicting interests of shippers...